In “The Rise of the African Novel: Politics of Language, Identity and Ownership,” Mukoma Wa Ngugi addresses the critical reception of African literature and its beginnings.
Events this week include Cider Week tours and tastings at Cornell Orchards; a party for Uris Library turning 125; concerts by Sphinx Virtuosi and the Cornell orchestras; and films about artists.
Alexander Hayes, assistant professor of astronomy, and Katherine Kinzler, associate professor of psychology and human development, were named Young Scientists 2017 by the World Economic Forum.
The College of Arts and Sciences' fourth Big Ideas Panel, part of its New Century for the Humanities celebration, explored technology in the humanities March 15 with humanists and technologists.
William D. Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will deliver the Society for the Humanities' annual Future of the Humanities Lecture Wednesday, Feb. 24 in Klarman Hall.
Since she was a child, Margo Hittleman ’81, Ph.D. ’07, was encouraged to speak up and try to change things that she thought were unfair. Many of the things that bothered her most related to systemic social injustice and exclusion.
This year, Cornell Homecoming is called “StayHomecoming” and will be held entirely online, though its spirit and theme of celebrating community remain intact – and as important as ever.
Events on campus include South Asian dance at Pao Bhangra, a memorial concert for Steven Stucky, writer Denis Johnson, student art exhibitions and the annual Earth Day Springfest.
Events on campus this week include printmaking activities at the Johnson Museum, a fiction reading by novelist Colson Whitehead
and a talk on eating disorders by Olympic athlete Jamie Silverstein ’08.
Artist Peter Gerakaris, BFA '03, has created a tropically themed art installation at a community gallery on Roosevelt Island, commissioned to coincide with the Cornell Tech groundbreaking celebration.